[Xperia Play General] EpicAsianGuy:
First of all i would like to say a massive thanks to:

- Cj360 for the epic Jelly bean Rom :)

- Cosmicdan for his awesome kernel :)

- Lupus as well for his awesome kernel :)

- And everyone else who made this Rom possible, I thank all of you !!

So now with the intro, I'm new to the forum and i shall be testing different Rom's and kernels and giving feedback mainly on the Xperia play R800i and the Xperia x10 mini pro U20i, recently I've been trying a lot of different Rom's and i stumbled acrossed this JB slim Rom (For the Xperia play) and i was extremely impressed with its performance. The interface is simply stunning, blazing fast and built firmly compared to other ICS and JB Rom's.

Here are some of the specs i gathered from my phone's settings :)

- Operating system, 4.1.2 Android Jellybean

- Model Number, R800i

- Slim version, Slim-3.1.0-20130202-2346-UNOFFICIAL

- GSM ( Note GSM Version is for UK only)

- Kernel Version

2.6.32.9-Turbo_v3.1 Cosmicdan@Ubuntu, #66

- Rooted (Built within the kernel, Both Cosmicdans and Lupus)​

[ I have attached some screen shots of this Rom ]

If you have an Xperia play i would highly suggest trying this out, as it is one of the best I've seen on xda:

Here is the link to the thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1975851

Installation Guide [For people who do not know how to install anything]

DISCLAIMERS

Before you start anything, I'm not responsible for any: Bricked devices, dead SD cards, boot-loops, etc (You know the drill). You do this of your own free will

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Ok with all the serious chat aside lets begin. Firstly you will need the following:

- Unlocked boot-loader -----> Follow this guide from Sony:

http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/

- Flash tool -------> Get that from here:

http://androxyde.github.com/

- The Slim-bean Rom -----> Download slim-bean in Second post, pick GSM or CDMA depending on where you are:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1975851

Below are two links i found showing all countries that use GSM and CDMA, hope it helps ! (If your still confused do a little bit of research !)

GSM -----> http://www.worldtimezone.com/gsm.html

CDMA -----> http://www.cdg.org/worldwide/index.asp
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- The kernel -----> Get either Lupus or CosmicDans turbo kernel (There both epic!)

Lupus kernel from here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1861970

Turbo Kernel from here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1817548​

- AND A VERY IMPORTANT THING YOU MUST HAVE IS ..... patience's :P

Ok if you have everything lets start the guide (Note: Make sure everything is done on windows 7, as its easier than older versions of windows)

1. Before we do anything make sure that you have a unlock boot-loader and you have a downloaded the following files:

- The Rom itself ---> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1975851

- The Google apps -----> http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip

- The Kernal -----> I did Turbo Kernal http://www.mediafire.com/?ncgvp2qcuns9m (NOTE: PICK ZEUS as that is the code name for Xperia play)

- Flash tool -----> http://androxyde.github.com/

- Fast boot Package -----> http://db.tt/B5vG1ynM

- R800i_4.0.2.A.0.62_phoenixvendor.ftf ------> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3UZttldr317Zm4xRnQ2WkRFbHM/edit?pli=1

2. Preparing your phone, make sure that you usb debug mode on and file transfer to MSC and allow unknown applications. Next you must connect your phone to your computer or laptop via usb, and open up flashtool and remember to install the drivers, they are located in C:\Flashtool\drivers and install the xperia play driver, fastboot driver and flash mode drivers. (MAKE A BACKUP OF ALL YOUR FILES IF YOU HAVE TO)

3. Go into flash-tool and select flash (Its a lightning sign) and then press flash and open up the directory where you downloaded the R800i_4.0.2.A.0.62_phoenixvendor.ftf and flash it. Wait a few secs or minutes depending on your computer/ laptops speed, then a dialog will open telling you to shutdown your phone so shutdown and wait until its completely off. Now connect the end cable to your Xperia play and hold the back button and connect your USB into the computer and wait for it to flash. This can take some time and you must keep hold of the back button until its completed. After completion it will ask for you to unplug the USB and turn on your phone so do so, then it will launch up the Sony sign and it will pretty much look like the original firmware you had before. Now moving on, once booted up you must skip all settings and wait for the phone to fully load once the set up is done go back to setting and make sure again that USB debug mode is on, unknown sources is enabled and it is in MSC mode. (Note for CDMA R800x users you don not need to flash the R800i_4.0.2.A.0.62_phoenixvendor.ftf )

4. Now connect the usb to the computer/laptop and place the Rom and Gapps onto your sdcard (Make a folder called Custom Rom). and then disconnect the usb after thats done.

5. Now this is were it can get complicated, so please pay attention. You must now shutdown the phone and disconnect it from the computer. Extract the fast boot package (Note: i would recommend to do this all on windows 7) and place it on desktop. Now drop the kernal you downloaded into the same folder (In this case i picked Turbo kernal, so i place it in the same folder). And holding the SHIFT KEY + RIGHT CLICK will open up a little menu (like when you right click anyway) and so you click on open command prompt here (CMD). ok now you type in the following code (In this case the turbo kernal) :

Fastboot flash boot boot_zeus_turbo-v3.1.img

Now it will say waiting for device so you now have to have you xperia play of and hold the search button and plug your usb back in then it will start transferring the kernel onto your xperia play, wait until it has finished and then disconnect your phone and boot it up.

6. You should see the sony sign and the Turbo sign underneath at this point you have to keep press the volume down button -

and then you will enter into a screen where it shows slot 1, 2, 3 and 4. So press slot 1 and then it should say: Boot, TWRP recovery, change slot and Tweaks and mods. So press recovery and then you will come to a screen with different options. First you need wipe data so goto wipe and do a factory reset and then go back and wipe dalvik cache and go back again and wipe cache.

7. Now you must go back and press install and it will show you, your sd card so now you must go to the folder that you name 'Custom rom', like i said before and now install the slim rom, it will ask you to swipe to install so do so and then restart your phone !!. (WARNING DO NOT INSTALL GAPPS STRAIGHT AFTER INSTALLATION OF ROM, INSTALL ROM AND THEN REBOOT AT LEAST ONCE BEFORE FLASHING GAPPS).

8. So now you have rebooted your phone, you should see after the sony sign, the world 'Slim bean' flashing. Wait a bit for it to boot up and then fill out the basic installation form.

9: restart the phone and install Gapps through recovery but do NOT WIPE DALVIK CACHE OR CLEAR CACHE OR FACTORY RESET, just install the gapp zip the same way you installed the rom in 'Custom Rom' folder and then restart.

10. you should have google apps now but the screen might look very small at first and so to fix this press: Menu button> System settings> Interface> Genral UI > LCD density and follow the steps. (This fixes issues with the screen and allows you to use apps like Facebook)

11. The final step of course is to enjoy your new Jelly Bean 4.1.2 Rom and Remember to thank everyone who made this Rom possible!!

So all in all i would highly recommend this, if you currently hold a Xperia play and your fed up with gingerbread then try this out, you won't be disappointed !!

Did i miss anything, if so reply back and i'll do my best to answer your question. :)

- EpicAsianGuy

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My Device's

Xperia Play: Jelly Bean [Slim Rom] - Android 4.1.2

Turbo Kernel by cosmicdan

Unlocked Boot Loader

Model R800i

Xperia x10 mini pro: Unlocked boot-loader

Model U20i

Slim Rom - Android 4.1

nAa JB kernel

Please respect everyone in the forum, follow the rules and be friendly :)​

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